THE DESI EM PROJECT

In this episode of myths in emergency medicine, I talk about Oxygen in STEMI patients, Epinephrine in digital anaesthesia, C- line for CVP monitoring and MILS in trauma patients. You can go through some of the following papers and decide what you want to do with your EM practice -  1. Stub D, Smith K, Bernard S, Nehme Z, Stephenson M, Bray JE, Cameron P, Barger B, Ellims AH, Taylor AJ, Meredi...

In today's episode, I've discussed some myths that are still prevalent in emergency medicine practices across the world. They are still taught even if some clinicians do not practice it. do you own research. Don't take my word for it. Change your practice accordingly. You can go through some of the following references -  1. SELLICK BA. Cricoid pressure to control regurgitation of stomach con...

In today's episode, I invite Drs Sanjay and Shivani back to the show to discuss the 6 steps to manage hyponatremia in your ED in a little bit more detail. This will be a learning curve for the young (and the old) emergency physicians. Later on, I would have them back to discuss real life cases that have been managed in our department using the 6 cases. Enjoy! For any questions you can DM us on our...

In this episode, I have discussed a little bit about some advances in trauma resuscitation, some goals and how ATLS should be the basic trauma skill an emergency physician should have. I did not mean to break any hearts, but yes trauma resus goes beyond ATLS. Do not believe what I say blindly, do your research. You can go through the following mind blowing papers and up your trauma game and prepar...

In today's episode I am joined by Dr Abbas and we discuss the young adult epidemic - emergency conditions that young adults suffer from and lose their lives to. We discuss as to why this may be happening and what can be done. Again - these are our opinions and experiences. We apologise if we hurt some sentiments in this one! 

In this episode, I talk about incorporating checklists in our daily emergency medicine practice. Why is it important? How does it help and how do you use them? I would be discussing these in this episode with some anecdotes sprayed in. You can go through the following resources if you need help in using an airway checklist in your department or can hit me up on twitter (@anksv25) or Instagram @ank...

The famous Greek astrologer Aristotle once quoted – “A whole is that which has a beginning, middle and end.” Emergency Medicine is altogether a different type of “whole”. In this Episode, I attempt to give a sneak peek into what is Emergency Medicine. 

Drs Sanjay, Shivani and Anubhooti join us today to discuss Hyponatremia - an easy approach and how to manage it according to the pathophysiology. It's an interesting take as hyponatremia remains as one of the most common presentations to an ED but yet under/over treated. The 6 step approach that Dr Shivani describes is as follows -  First - correctly diagnose hyponatremia (Na <130) Second...

This episode I have tried to educate the masses regarding when to visit an emergency department, what happens in the emergency department and open their eyes to the verbal and physical assault that takes place in the ED. This is just a basic. There would be more episodes dedicated to the work we do and regarding violence in detail in the future. Some of the references used and the ones that people...

In this episode, we talk about ketamine and how we have been using it in our department. Our experiences, some anecdotes, some evidence. We are not endorsing that you HAVE to use ketamine, but enlightening you that it can be used and the dogmas regarding it being unsafe are exactly those - DOGMAS. Following are the papers that you may read as references. They will guide you more about ketamine. Ho...

In this episode we discuss how our team of emergency medicine specialists entered into the world of emergency medicine. It is a light hearted episode filled with anecdotes and fun. Hope it (along with future episodes) also inspires future doctors and current doctors to take up emergency medicine as a specialty.